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CSHPM Bulletin, November 2008 BULLETIN November/Novembre 2008 Number/le num´ero43 WHAT'S INSIDE President's Message [Duncan Melville] . page 2 Articles Announcements . page 3 Al-Qamus Resource Online [Tom Archibald & Nathan Sidoli] . page 7 May Book on Sale . page 9 Joint AMS/MAA Meetings in Washington, DC [Amy Shell-Gellasch] . page 11 AMS Section Meetings . page 12 CMS Winter Meeting [Tom Archibald] . page 12 Help Wanted . page 15 Joint Meeting in Rio de Janeiro [Hardy Grant] . page 16 Letters to the Editors . page 17 HPM Americas Section in Washington, DC [Amy Ackerberg-Hastings] . page 17 Quotations in Context [Mike Molinsky] . page 18 Michael Mahoney (1939-2008) [Tom Drucker] . page 19 New Bulletin Format Available . page 22 Web Review: HOM Podcasts [Mike Molinsky] . page 22 Book Review Corner [Adrian Rice, Amy Ackerberg-Hastings] . pages 7, 20, 23 Reports 2009 Call for Papers . page 9 CSHPM Executive Council Meeting . page 11 Annual General Meeting CSHPM . page 13 Proposed Constitutional Amendment . page 15 2009 Meeting Registration. .page 16 New Members . page 26 From the Editor . page 26 Canadian Society for History and Philosophy of Mathematics Soci´et´ecanadienne d'histoire et de philosophie des math´ematiques ISSN 0835-5924 ABOUT THE SOCIETY From the President Founded in 1974, the Canadian Society for the His- My thanks to all who participated in the election this tory and Philosophy of Mathematics / Soci´et´ecanadi- year. I am honored to have been chosen as President enne d'histoire et de philosophie des math´ematiques of the Society. An organization is only as strong as (CSHPM/SCHPM) promotes research and teaching its members and from professional activity to com- in the history and philosophy of mathematics. Offi- mitment to internal support, the society is in robust cers of the Society are: health. On the organizational side, we have benefit- ted from the energy and dedication of many individu- President: Duncan J. Melville, St. Lawrence als. Our Past-President, Alexander Jones, has worked Univ., Canton, NY 13617, USA, [email protected] diligently and successfully to negotiate the complex Vice-President: Jean-Pierre Marquis, Universit´e relations with HSSFC and the CMS and now takes de Montr´eal, Montr´eal, QC H3C 3J7, CA, jean- those skills to the high-profile position of Professor [email protected] at the burgeoning Institute for the Study of the An- Secretary: Pat Allaire, 148-18 60 Ave., Flushing, cient World at NYU. Congratulations, Alex. With NY 11355, USA, [email protected] the turning of the cycle, the tireless and energetic Rob Treasurer: Nathan Sidoli, 4-8-30-1005, Tanimachi, Bradley completes his formal six-year presidential cy- Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu, 540-0012, Japan, cle, although I don't suppose this will in any way di- [email protected] minish his dynamic support. Thanks, Rob. The core Past President: Alexander Jones, Institute for the day-to-day activities involved in running an organiza- Study of the Ancient World, New York University, tion fall largely on the shoulders of the Secretary and New York, NY 10028, USA, [email protected] the Treasurer, and I am very grateful for the con- tinued willingness of Pat Allaire and Nathan Sidoli to perform these tasks. Council members Francine Members of Council Abeles, Sylvia Svitak and Adrian Rice continue to provide counsel and support and, with the election Francine Abeles, Kean University, Union, NJ of Jean-Pierre Marquis to Vice-President and Gre- 07083, USA, [email protected] gory Lavers to Council, we have a strengthening of Gregory Lavers, Concordia University, Montr´eal, the philosophy wing of our society. Thank you all for QC H3G 1M8, CA, [email protected] your willingness to serve. Adrian Rice, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, VA 23005, USA, [email protected] Communication, both among ourselves and between Sylvia Svitak, Queensborough Comm. Coll., CUNY, the Society and the wider world is of vital importance Bayside, NY 11364, USA, [email protected] and again requires the selfless devotion of numerous members. Our society has three main venues of com- The Society's Web Page (www.cshpm.org) is main- munication: the Bulletin you are reading; our annual tained by Michael Molinsky, University of Maine at Proceedings, and the society's website. Mike Molin- Farmington, Farmington, ME 04938, USA, michael.- sky has steadily expanded and improved the web site, [email protected]. The Proceedings of the Annual and, in addition to taking over as archivist, has cre- Meeting are edited by Antonella Cupillari, Penn ated an archives section, fundamental to an historical State Erie, The Behrend College, Erie, PA 16563, society. Revisit those meetings of the 1980s and 90s USA, [email protected]. The Society's Archives are man- at www.cshpm.org. Antonella Cupillari continues the aged by Michael Molinsky (see above). role of editor of the Proceedings. It is a large task{if you are a contributor, please do all you can to ensure New Members are most cordially welcome; please con- your submission works as smoothly as possible for her. tact the Secretary. As detailed elsewhere, the Bulletin has a tripartite ed- itorship: Content Editor (Amy Ackerberg-Hastings), Layout Editor (Eisso Atzema) and Production Editor (currently shared by Pat Allaire and Rob Bradley). 2 We are looking for someone to take over as Produc- Murran and Jim Tattersall are running a special ses- tion Editor. This is a great way to get involved and sion on History and Philosophy of Mathematics at the support the Society. AMS meeting in Vancouver, while on the other side of the continent, Rob Bradley, Lawrence D'Antonio This past June, our annual meeting was held at the and Lee Stemkoski are organizing a special session on University of British Columbia under the auspices History of Mathematics at the AMS meeting at Wes- of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sci- leyan University in Connecticut. In December and ences (the former `Learneds'). A strong program on behalf of CSHPM, Tom Archibald and Alex Jones over three days saw a joint session with the Cana- are organizing a session on History of Mathematics at dian Society of the History and Philosophy of Sci- the CMS Winter Meeting in Ottawa. January brings ence (CSHPS/SCHPS) on Infinitesimals, our first the Joint Mathematics Meetings with a full comple- ever joint session with the Canadian Society for the ment of historical activities: an AMS-MAA Special History of Medicine (CSHM/SCHM), a special ses- Session on History of Mathematics organized by Joe sion on Trigonometry with the keynote May Lecture Dauben, Karen Parshall, Patti Hunter and Deborah by Glen Van Brummelen, and numerous additional Kent; the HOM-SIGMAA meeting, guest lecture and talks reflecting the wide diversity of interests of our panel discussion; and an MAA minicourse on Teach- members. A great advantage of meeting with the ing a course in the history of mathematics. This list CFHSS is interacting with historians of other disci- is only a sample; links to these conferences and many plines and we made good use of the opportunity. I more can be found on the Calendar page of the web thank all the speakers and listeners, session chairs site. The range and variety of activities attests to the and organizers, especially Tom Archibald, the local strength of our field. We are steadily developing and organizer, and program chairs David Orenstein and promoting the history of mathematics to both histo- Adrian Rice. It was a successful meeting in a beauti- rians and mathematicians. Keep up the good work, ful location, and I hope it left you eager for the next everybody. meeting. Duncan Melville From historians on the West Coast to mathematicians on the East Coast. In 2009, we will meet jointly with the Canadian Mathematical Society at Memorial Uni- Announcements versity in St. John's, Newfoundland. The program chairs are Tom Archibald and Tom Drucker. 2009 is an International Year of Astronomy, and our spe- SCHPM member Paul-Emile´ R´ethierdied on June cial session will be on Mathematics, Astronomy, and 15, 2007. He lived in Ste Foy, QC, taught in a Physics. Mathematicians are the producers of our CEGEP, and belonged to the Grand Rallye V´elo raw material and we provide them with much-needed Plaisirs bicycle club. R´ethierwrote his MSc thesis on perspective, so it is particularly useful when we can automated proofs (\Une proc´eduresyst`ematiquede meet jointly with the CMS. I encourage you all to at- d´emonstrationde th´eor`emespar ordinateurs") under tend and to take some time to explore Newfoundland W. S. Hatcher in the Department of Mathematics and as many of us get few excuses to visit this remote, Statistics at Universit´eLaval in 1979. A death notice rugged and exotic area. When we meet with CMS, may be viewed at www.lepinecloutier.com. Memori- we work with their deadlines, which can be different als were directed to the Soci´et´ecanadienne du cancer, from those when we meet with the CHSS or BSHM. www.cancer.ca. Peace to his memory. Please keep an eye on the website and listserv for up- Adrian Rice reports that Daniel Isaac Rice was born dates. on Friday, August 15, 2008, weighing 7 lb, 7.5 oz, and While the annual meeting is the only one where the measuring 19 inches. Mother, baby, and father are all CSHPM formally comes together as a whole society, doing well. our individual members are very active both in orga- Patricia Allaire retired from Queensborough Commu- nizing and speaking at many other conferences spon- nity College, CUNY, at the end of the Spring 2008 sored by other societies.
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